Tapping into the forces behind Colombia's hippo crisis
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"This is not about the past: The real problems will be in the future. It's about an ecological risk, because these are animals of huge size with the capacity of changing the ecosystem." This warning, from a Colombian biologist specialized in aquatic mammals, is what prompted me to investigate the hippopotami's story.
I was speaking with Dr. Nataly Castelblanco, a scientist at Quintana Roo University who earlier this year wrote a study highlighting the conservation danger a wild population of hippos pose to the Colombian wildlife. I had reached out to her because her study was gaining traction, and stirring some controversy, in Colombian media.More Related News
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